Patience, Patience

Interesting post here relating the comments of Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon on plate discipline.

To that end here are the rankings in 2004 listing the most patient to the least patient teams in terms of pitches per plate appearance. For Cubs fans it's not surprising that they're towards the bottom. Boston and Oakland towards the top are also not surprising.

Team    Pitches   PA    PIT/PA
BOS     25598   6515    3.93
OAK     25135   6459    3.89
MIL     23892   6195    3.86
CIN     24097   6278    3.84
PHI     24724   6456    3.83
TOR     23629   6178    3.82
CLE     24578   6452    3.81
KCA     23434   6153    3.81
MON     23347   6138    3.80
NYN     23612   6209    3.80
LAN     23745   6244    3.80
BAL     24414   6431    3.80
NYA     24125   6364    3.79
COL     23936   6333    3.78
SEA     24008   6362    3.77
SLN     23751   6297    3.77
TEX     23568   6256    3.77
CHA     23260   6197    3.75
FLO     23026   6160    3.74
DET     23486   6285    3.74
ATL     23633   6339    3.73
MIN     23361   6286    3.72
SDN     23444   6313    3.71
HOU     23115   6269    3.69
PIT     22498   6115    3.68
ARI     22487   6114    3.68
ANA     23000   6296    3.65
CHN     22813   6281    3.63
TBA     22144   6098    3.63
SFN     23259   6466    3.60